Jan-Jun

January

Sunday 11 Vision and Commitment Sunday

Monday 19 Youth Band Rehearsal

8.00pm at Chelmsford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a brass band of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome! Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

Friday 23 - Sunday 25 Design For Life

Design For Life (DFL) is for anyone who is serious about seeking God’s design for their life. No one form of ministry, vocation or service is promoted at a DFL weekend. Whether you’re near the beginning of your journey and want to scan the horizon or you’ve been travelling a certain route and want to stop and reflect, DFL is for you! More information is available on the Candidates Unit website.

Thursday 29 Officer's Spiritual Formation

February

Monday 2 Straight Ahead Rehearsal

8.00pm at Romford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a youth choir of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome! Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

Friday 6 Divisional Information Day

Sunday 8 Launch of Self-Denial appeal

Tuesday 17 Older People's Ministry Da

Saturday 21 ISB and LNE Youth Band at Regents Hall

The ISB are running workshop and sectionals sessions for the LNE Youth Band (along with another Youth Band) on Saturday afternoon followed by a short afternoon concert with the massed Youth Bands and then an evening concert with the ISB, again featuring the massed Youth Bands. Free parking is available for ticket holders and entry and parking for the Youth Band Members is free. More information is available here.

Wednesday 25 Officer's Spiritual Formation

Monday 23 Youth Band Rehearsal

8.00pm at Chelmsford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a brass band of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome!Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

March

Monday 2 Straight Ahead Rehearsal

8.00pm at Romford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a youth choir of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome! Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

Friday 6 World Day of Prayer

Saturday 7 Godly Play Training

Sunday 15 Mothering Sunday

Monday 16 Youth Band Rehearsal

8.00pm at Chelmsford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a brass band of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome! Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

Saturday 28 Straight Ahead concert at Stotfold Salvation Army

Sunday 29 Palm Sunday

Monday 30 Straight Ahead Rehearsal

8.00pm at Romford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a youth choir of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome! Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

April

Friday 3 Good Friday

Sunday 5 Easter Sunday

Saturday 11 Divisional Advisory Council

Monday 20 Youth Band Rehearsal

8.00pm at Chelmsford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a brass band of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome! Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

Wednesday 22 Officer's Spiritual Formation

Friday 24 - Sunday 26 Design For Life

Design For Life (DFL) is for anyone who is serious about seeking God’s design for their life. No one form of ministry, vocation or service is promoted at a DFL weekend. Whether you’re near the beginning of your journey and want to scan the horizon or you’ve been travelling a certain route and want to stop and reflect, DFL is for you! More information is available on the Candidates Unit website.

Saturday 25 Kids Alive Party Day

Saturday 25 Youth Band at Letchworth Salvation Army

An evening concert by the Youth Band.

Thursday 30 Church Planters / Fresh Expressions Networking Lunch

May

Saturday 2 Divisional Fellowship Band at Emmanuel New Parish Church Billericay - 7.30pm

Sunday 10 Candidates Sunday

Monday 11 Straight Ahead Rehearsal

8.00pm at Romford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a youth choir of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome! Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

Thursday 14 AFM Tea Party

Taking place at Colchester Citadel, this is the first of the division's three annual Adult and Family Ministry Tea Parties. If you're interested in going along then please let your group leader or officer know. For more information please contact Liz at DHQ.

Saturday 16 Divisional Fellowship Band at Cantebury Salvation Army

Saturday 16 I'll Fight Day

The second annual I'll Fight Day! On this day young people across the Territory will be getting out and serving their communities by getting stuck into practical mission. This could be through community fundraising activities, praying with people in the high street, umberella patrols - the possibilities are endless! Groups taking part also get free t-shirts! For more information contact Ben Still at DHQ or visit the ALOVE UK website.

Monday 18 Community Networking Day (Details to come)

Monday 18 Youth Band Rehearsal

8.00pm at Chelmsford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a brass band of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome! Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

Tuesday 26 AFM Tea Party

Taking place at Romford Salvation Army, this is the second of the division's three annual Adult and Family Ministry Tea Parties. If you're interested in going along then please let your group leader or officer know. For more information please contact Liz at DHQ.

June

Monday 1 Straight Ahead Rehearsal

8.00pm at Romford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a youth choir of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome! Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

Saturday 6 Toddler Training

Saturday 13 Prepare to Preach Mentoring Day

Monday 15 Youth Band Rehearsal

8.00pm at Chelmsford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a brass band of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome! Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

Wednesday 17 Officer's Spiritual Formation

Friday 19 - Sunday 21 AFM Weekend

Friday 19 - Sunday 21 Act Out Weekend

If drama is your thing, then this weekend is for you! Run by the Salvation Army's Territorial Drama Coordinator Keith Turton, it's a great way to develop your skills and learn how to bring a bit of drama into your worship. For more information contact keith.turton@salvationarmy.org.uk

Friday 26 AFM Tea Party

Taking place at Harlow Salvation Army, this is the last of the division's three annual Adult and Family Ministry Tea Parties. If you're interested in going along then please let your group leader or officer know. For more information please contact Liz at DHQ.

Saturday 27 Commissioning Day

Sunday 28 WBC Farewell Meeting

Jul-Dec

July

Wednesday 1 - Sunday 5 Boundless: The International Congress

The Boundless Congress is going to be a huge international event celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Salvation Army. Hosted mainly at the O2 arena in London, it's going to be a truly epic event with thousands of Salvationists flying in from around the globe to take part. For more information, and to find out how you can join in visit www.boundless2015.org

Monday 6 Straight Ahead Rehearsal

8.00pm at Romford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a youth choir of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome! Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

Friday 9 Officers change appointment

Thursday 16 Officers assume responsibility at new appointments

Friday 17 Officer's Spiritual Formation

Sunday 19 Welcome Sunday

Monday 20 Youth Band Rehearsal

8.00pm at Chelmsford Salvation Army. Anyone aged 12 to 25 who wants to be part of a brass band of fantastic, friendly, fun loving young people are welcome!Contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk for more information.

Kids Alive Outside (KAO) is a residential event for children connected to The Salvation Army aged 7-11. It is a great opportunity for children to explore their faith, make new friends,and enjoy a wide range of fun activities. This year our theme is GO MAD! (Go Make A Difference). We will be looking at characters from the Bible who did some unusual things and then asking the children to think about what they could do to make the world a better place, both globally and locally.

Booking forms are available from your local Salvation Army or can be downloaded here. For more information please contact your local Salvation Army children's leaders or email our Divisional Children's Officer, Captain Graham Slader.

Corps Officers and Children's Ledaers can download the following resources:

August

Monday 17 - Sunday 22 Summer School 2015

If you are aged 12 to 25 and connect to the Salvation Army in some way then this summer there can be no better place to be than at LNE Summer School 2015! If you want to get some idea of what the week is like you can watch the video here. More information will be coming online as it becomes available but, until then, if you'd like any more information about Summer School please contact ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk

UPDATE: Application forms are now available here and as a hard copy from Ben!

September

Thursday 3 Divisional Welcome to new Officers and Candidates Farewell

This year's Big Day Out event will be an extra special day as it will also be part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Hadleigh Training Centre! We are also pleased to be joined over this celebration weekend by the Territorial Leaders Clive and Marianne Adams. More information will be put online as it becomes available. We hope to see you there!

Monday 7 Divisional Fellowship Band at Southend Southchurch Salvation Army

Thursday 10 NCD Networking Lunch

Friday 11 - Sunday 13 Design For Life

Design For Life (DFL) is for anyone who is serious about seeking God’s design for their life. No one form of ministry, vocation or service is promoted at a DFL weekend. Whether you’re near the beginning of your journey and want to scan the horizon or you’ve been travelling a certain route and want to stop and reflect, DFL is for you! More information is available on the Candidates Unit website.

Friday 25 Christmas Day

Saturday 26 Boxing Day

Thursday 31 New Years Eve

'Inspire' Divisional Newsletter

Divisional Events

KIDS ALIVE PARTY DAY

SATURDAY 25th APRIL 10:00am - 4:30pm at Romford Salvation Army Hall

Kids Alive Party Day is day of fun and games for children in school years 2-6. Run by children's leaders and workers from various Salvation Army churches in the Division, it offers children the opportunity to make new friends, explore faith, and have a great time. For more information please contact your local Salvation Army, download the flyer below, or contact Captain Graham Slader (Divisional Children's Officer) at DHQ.

KIDS ALIVE OUTSIDE

THURSDAY 23rd - SUNDAY 26th JULY at St Mark's College, Audley End

Kids Alive Outside (KAO) is a residential event for children aged 7 to 11, organised by Divisional Headquarters and run by a team of children’s workers from around the Division.

This year's theme is GO MAD! and the children will be learning about how they can GO Make A Difference in the world. For more information please contact your local Salvation Army, see the documents below, or contact Captain Graham Slader (Divisional Children's Officer) at DHQ.

Divisional Youth Social Night 2015

Divisional Youth Social Night is a new event aimed at giving young people of the division aged 12 to 25 the chance to get to know each other better, make new friends and generally have a great time! It' a free event and will involve times of organised fun (yay!) as well as a good amount of time for disorganised fun as well! So if you want to get to know other young people from the division before you arrive at Summer School for the first time, this is the place to be! Contact Ben Still (Divisional Youth Officer) at DHQ for further information.

SUMMER SCHOOL 2015

Summer Schoool is our six day, residential summer camp for young people aged 12 to 25. For more information please contact your local Salvation Army, download the flyer below, or contact Ben Still (Divisional Youth Officer) at DHQ.

Divisional Musical Sections

The London North East Fellowship Band

The London North East Fellowship Band was formed to serve all members of the community aged 55 plus. If you play a brass instrument and would like to be part of this friendly, supportive and very active group then please come along to one of our rehearsals. The band is open to anyone aged 55 or over and it is not necessary to be a member of the Salvation Army to join. Rehearsals are Fridays at 1pm at Hadleigh. If you'd like to contact someone from the bands leadership team you can reach Eric Collett at eric.collett@talktalk.net.

If you'd like to know a little more about the history of the band and some of its previous engagements then please download a short history of the band available on the link below:

Straight Ahead Youth Choir

Straight Ahead Youth Choir is a vibrant, friendly, welcoming group of young people who love to sing! Many of our members are connected to Salvation Army Churches around the London North East Division, however you don't have to be a member of the Salvation Army to join Straight Ahead. So, if you're 12 to 25 and think that you'd like to be a part of Straight Ahead, why not come along to our next rehearsal and see if you like it? If you'd like more information about Straight Ahead the please feel free to contact our Divisional Youth Officer Ben Still at ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk or by phone on 01245 383007.

For a printable pdf of the upcoming rehearsal dates and gigs, please follow the link below:

The LNE Youth Band

Re-formed in 2012, the LNE Youth Band serves young people from Essex, parts of East London, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. It's a relaxed, friendly and open band who are always looking for new people to join their ranks! So if you're 12 to 25 years old and play a brass instrument, why not join us for one of our rehearsals. And remember - you don't need to be a member of the Salvation Army to join us. Just come along and join in! If you'd like more information about the band contact our Divisional Youth Officer Ben Still at ben.still@salvationarmy.org.uk or by phone on 01245 383007.

For a printable pdf of the upcoming rehearsal dates and gigs, please follow the link below: